The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-03-09
ROBERT !. LEE.
GEN. LORD SYOLsi:l:.N i;Et lew : iiif'
SOUTHERN LEADERS il!f.

SOUTHERN LEADERS, I.I!H.
The Scene Described VIXEN -, -iccei'tei /;
Commission FROM ;hc i"tser OF frs>'
dentS-A Com garrison Between the Amer
lean soldier and Eng'and'> S"nq"erihs
Marlborough.
New YORK, March 1.-Of the cables
printed in the New York pafers the fol-
lowing special cable from London to the
World is the one which viii attract most
attention:
The leading article il Macmillan,
Magazine for March is by General Lore
Wolseley, on General Lee. Reference
is made in foot note 20 the recently
published memoirs OF General Lee by
General Long and Marcus Wright, but
in no sense review OF that work. Gen
eral Lee is given full credit for the love
he had for tie Union, and tor the struG-
gle he went through before finally taking
the decision TO go with his own State.
General Wolseley describes how Lee
accepted his commission as commander
in-chief of all the military forces of Y II
cinia in crowded convention OF the
most eminent men Of the STATE, and then
draws parallel between him and the
great Marlborough: General Lees
presence commanded respect even from
strangecs by calm, self-pos$essed dig
nifty the like OF which / have never seen
in other men. Naturally OF strong pas.
sions he kept them under perfect control
by that iron and determined VIII OF
which his expression and his face gave
evidence. AS this tall and handsome
soldier stood before his countrymen he
was the picture of the ideal patriot.
Unconscious and self-possessed IL hls
strength, he INDUCED IL no theatrical
display of feeling. There w;:s IN his
face and about him that placid resolve
which bespoke great confidence IN sell,
and which, IN his case, one knows not
how quickly communicated It's magnetic
influence to others. He was then just
iity-four years old, the age Of Marl-
borough when lie destroyed the French
army at Blenheim. In many ways and
on many points these two great men
much resembled each other. Both were
of dignifed and commanding exterior,
eminently handsome, with a 1lgrue tall,
graceful and erect, while muscular,
square built frame bespoke grc&t activity
OF body. The charm OF EarLer which
I have mentioned as yc.y winning II
Lee was possessed II the highest degree
by Marlborough. Both, &E the oatSet
of their great career Of victory, were re-
rarded as essentially national command
ers. Both had married young ard were
faithful husbands and devoted fathers.
Both had IL all their campaigns the
same belief III an everwatcnt&i ftovl-
dence, in whose help they U red in
plicitly and for whose irterposl,Jn they
prayed at all times. They were gifted
with the same military instinct, the
same genius for war, the power OF fasci-
mating those with whom they were asso-
ciate6, the spell which they cast over
their soldiers who believed almost slpcr-
stitiously in their certainty Of victory.
Their contempt OF danger and rhe.r car
ing courage constitute parallel that Is
difficult to equal between any other two
great men of modern times.
AN ORGANIZER.
Reference is made as to how General
Lee organized an army OF 30, $50 men IL
two months, and as to how IL another
month he had gained a great victory at
Bull Run and driven the Northern IN
vaders back across the Potomac like
herds of frightened sheep, his army be-
ing supplied with ammunition, army
stores and clothing captured there. He
tells the following story: ''Some time
afterward, when General Pope and his
large invading army had been sent back
flying across the Maryland border, |
overheard this conversation between two
Confederate soldiers: Have you heard
the news? General Lee has resigned.
Good God,' was the reply; what for?
He has resigned because he says he can,
not feed and supply his army any longer
now that his commissary,' General Pope,
has been removed Mr.. Lincoln had
Just then dismissed General Pope, re-
placing him by General Mcclellan.
INEFFICIENT sUBoRDISaTEs.
General Wolseley incidentally ex
presses an opinion, when speaking ot
Bull Run, that the Confederates did moi
follow up their victory there as they
should have done. 4 rapid and daring
advance would have given them posses
sion of Washington, their enemy's capi
tai. Political considerations at Rich
mond were allowed to outweigh the very
evident military experience OF reaplng
solid advantage from this their first great
success. This suggests the general crltl
cism which follows:
ssWhat most strikes the regular soiuel
in these campaigns Of General Lee IS the
inefficient manner in which both he anc
his opponents were often served by then
>zsbordinate commander and how badly
nd outpost work generally wa!
tss7oscu on both sides. 1t is mos
DeShcult TO move, with any effective pre-
cision, young armies constituted as these
we're during this war. The direction anc
movement Of large bodies OF newl.
raised troops, even when victorious, art
never easy and often impossible. Owe
and over again was the South apparent,
within stones throw Of independence
and it has been many times remarked
when from want of q thoroughly gooC
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